2023 COMC BINGE - PART 11: BELATED BORIS

 HERE'S THE FIRST OF MANY MONSTER MOVIE CARDS ACQUIRED IN THE BINGE. IN '22'S BINGE I TRIED TO PICK UP AT LEAST ONE CARD EACH OF ALL THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE ACTORS: PETER CUSHING, CHRISTOPHER LEE, BELA LUGOSI, LON CHENEY SR. AND JR. I WASN'T ABLE TO PICK UP BORIS KARLOFF THOUGH AS HIS CARDS WERE PRICED AT A PREMIUM. I HAD TODAY'S CARD BOOKMARKED AND DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS ALMOST 75% OFF LAST YEAR'S PRICE. HELL YEAH! PATIENCE PAID OFF

1973 TOPPS YOU'LL DIE LAUGHING #53 I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY GIRLS DON'T LIKE ME!

GOOD OL FRANKENSTEIN*. ALL THE GIRLIES LOVE FRANKENSTEIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS CAPTION IS ON ABOUT. JUST LOOK AT THAT HANDSOME FACE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT FACE IS FROM THE ORIGINAL FRANKENSTEIN, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN OR SON OF FRANKENSTEIN BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY BORIS KARLOFF'S BEAUTIFUL MUG. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST LOOKING CARDS IN THE SET AND I HOOTED AND HOLLERED WHEN I FOUND IT PRICED AT A MEASLY FIFTY- FIVE CENTS. THIS CARD GOT THE CENTER POCKET WHEN I PLACED IT INTO MY MONSTER BINDER

THE CARD BACK HAS A WONDERFUL JACK DAVIS ILLUSTRATION AND A TERRIBLE AWFUL JOKE. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE EXTRA REVOLTING TO BE HONEST. UNLIKE LATER SETS THERE IS NO INDICATION OF THE MOVIE TITLE FOR THE FRONT PHOTO ON THE BACK, JUST WHICH STUDIO HOLDS THE COPYRIGHT. THIS MAKES IDENTIFYING THE FILM A LITTLE TRICKY FOR FILMS WITH MANY SEQUELS OR SOME OF THE MORE OBSCURE TITLES

WITH THIS CARD I HAVE A FULL PAGE OF LEGOSI, KARLOFF AND CHENEY JR. CARDS FROM THE SET. TOP ROW FEATURES LEGOSI AND CHENEY JR. IN FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN, CHENEY JR. IN THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN AND LON AGAIN IN THE MUMMY'S CURSE. I ACTUALLY FOUND THE ORIGINAL PHOTO IN THIS BLOG POST WHERE YOU CAN SEE VIRGINIA CHRISTINE NOT COVERED UP BY THE FACE AND HAIR OF UNNAMED TOPPS EMPLOYEE #46. THE MIDDLE ROW IS ALL KARLOFF WITH A COOL BEHIND THE SCENES PIC OF BORIS TAKING A COFFEE BREAK WITH COLIN CLIVE. I THINK THESE ARE ALL FROM THE ORIGINAL 1931 FILM, BUT FINDING ORIGINAL PICTURES FOR SOME OF THESE CARDS HAS BECOME DIFFICULT. BOTTOM ROW IS ALL LON CHENEY JR. IN ASSORTED WOLFMAN FILMS. I'M A LITTLE BIT BUMMED THAT I ONLY HAVE ONE CARD OF BELA AND IT'S NOT EVEN FROM A DRACULA FILM. LOOKS LIKE I HAVE MORE WORK TO DO WITH PICKING UP CARDS FROM THIS SET

*YEAH YEAH I KNOW "HE'S NOT CALLED FRANKENSTEIN THAT'S THE NAME OF THE DOCTOR" WHATEVER. THE COOL KIDS CALL HIM FRANKENSTEIN. HE'S NOT A MONSTER! HE'S JUST A LITTLE (VERY BIG) GUY. HE'S NOT A CREATURE! HE'S A RIGHTEOUS DUDE WHO JUST WANTS TO HANG OUT AND BE CHILL. WHEN A BILLIONAIRE EVENTUALLY STICKS A RASPBERRY PI WITH SOME AI SOFTWARE INTO SOME LAB GROWN MEAT AND IT STARTS SHAMBLING AROUND AND TRIPPING OVER THINGS EVERYONE WILL CALL IT A FRANKENSTEIN AND WE WILL ALL BE ITS FRIEND AND GET MAD AT THE BILLIONAIRE FOR CUTTING CORNERS TO INCREASE PROFITS ON HIS INSTANT ARMY INVENTION. SORRY LITERARY PEDANTS, THAT'S JUST HOW LANGUAGE WORKS. ASK ANY LINGUIST